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Fic Rec: Witness Me by brophigenia. (Raven Cycle AU - Kavinksky/Lynch)

Why: Because this fic is everything! All the ugly, fucked up potential that is Joseph Kavinsky and Ronan Lynch. It extends the darkness that Stiefvater delved into in Dream Thieves and dirties it up even more. This fic GOES THERE and leaves brusies behind. Kavinsky isn’t just a bad guy and brophigenia teases out the complexities of the character and his relationship with Ronan with a subtly that almost belies the brutality of the fic.

R Rating - exactly as explicit as you think it is.

Summary: “I’m not anybody’s fucking bitch, he snarled back, and got to his feet before Kavinsky got any more ideas.

Yeah, Kavinsky snorted, looking him up and down, bruised and battered and obviously hard in his jeans, you sure about that, sweetheart?”

So, tis the season for gift giving and fic giving and thons and yuletide's. The No Shame Holiday Fanfiction whosits, is amazebells with the prompts! Go look, go see, go pick something shiny to write, so I can love all over it.

No Shame! Holiday Wish Fulfillment Ficathon

And if you don't know what to do, here are the prompts that I think really need to be in the world, like now. Or at least very soon!

If that wasn't clear ... Go forth and write! Please.

- Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Amelie, so choose your silver heart again - for ladymercury_10 - Someone totes needs to write this one, because, dude! It's Amelie and if you're clever enough to pull that off, you are totally teh beeus kneesus.

- Up/Calvin & Hobbes Crossover, Russell and Calvin are roommates their freshman year in college - also for ladymercury_10 who apparently knows how to prompt a prompt because I totally think that my head just exploded from the awesome!

- tim burton's alice in wonderland, alice/the mad hatter, i'm afraid you are--entirely bonkers. but i'll tell you a secret: all the best people are - for portions_forfox

- The Big Bang Theory/Sherlock/House - Absolutely anything that features Sheldon, House and Sherlock (or any combination) interacting - for xx_pinkstar and it is SUCH a delicious prompt that it should be illegal. It might be impossible.

- Push, Nick/Cassie, normalacy. (Basically, I want something dealing with what happens when Division is taken down - what do they do next?) - for redbrunja

- Push (movie) -- Kira. Anything exploring her POV, because the movie sure didn't. Blandness is a survival mechanism to stay unnoticed, while she urges grown men to jump off rooftops - for rosaxx50

- sleeping beauty, maleficent/king phillip, here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed - for jada_jasmine

- rpf. marilyn monroe/montgomery clift. he's the only person I know who is in even worse shape than I am - for margottenbaum

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And you have to go and read this which is one of the first written because it is awesome. I don't watch Teen Wolf, and know nothing about this outside of the movies; this fic is awesome.

like all the boys and girls in all the movies by youremyqueen. fandom: Teen Wolf | rating: nc-17 | summary: He thinks that she'll rip him apart with those hands. Maybe she would, if she knew how.

Title: a fifty-two card holiday
Author: fated_addiction
Fandom: Dark Knight
Rating: R

I love how the Joker is a haunted man -- haunted by Harvey Dent (and a little by Rachel Dawes), by his own madness and, perhaps most importantly, haunted by the Batman. The atmosphere of chaos and shadows ride the knife's edge of perceptions so beautifully. There is this disconnect that both is and isn't. The Joker is both aware and not aware of the way that he is fractured. He acknowledges that he is a broken thing very clinically, but not as if it makes a difference or changes the way that things are. He's just insane and that's a double edged sword because its both true and not.

Problem is that until last week I didn't have a set method for keeping track of the fic that I want to add to the long list of Year's Best. There's a bunch of folders where I save links from when I updated Excess, Folly and Delight that I still use, but its full of old stuff and things need to be recced and purged. Goal for 2009: Clean out old links. I started and found this which was *supposed* to go on the short list. Stupid thing is that I made the point of saving the link that last week of December because I knew that I wanted to include it and that I didn't have the url. I then proceeded to forget to add it. It was buried in the miscellaneous fic folder.

Anyway ...

Adding to Best Fic of 2008


How You Got Here (Heroes) - darlas_mom

Sunday after I posted my lynnevitational fic I went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Mostly because I was so anxious about the fic that I needed something to distract me and going to the movies ensured that I wouldn't be clicking the refresh button every five minutes to check for comments.

All in all, I'm glad that I went. I wasn't planning to go, not really. My experience with the HP movies has been less than stellar, but this one ... this one I was surprised to discover I totally adored.

( The Order of the Phoenix )

In other news, the lynnevitaional has been a resounding success, I think. I've gotten to read through some of what's been posted, although not all because there are quite a few WIP's. Anyway, I am in love with:

Birds in Cages (Spike, R) by cadhla
Poggra-mengri (Giles/Jenny, PG-13) by stakebait
Chthonic (Fred/Faith, G) by inlovewithnight
The Drizzle and the Sunshine (Gunn/Buffy, Wesley/Gunn, NC-17)by viciouswishes

Outside of the ficathon, I've also just read a fabulous Addams Family/Angel cross-over. Totally had me laughing and those voices are beautifully spot on. A great, great read.

Her Beauty and Her Terror. Addams Family/AtS crossover. (Harmony/Wednesday, PG-13) by ijemanja

The first step went moderately well. Just so you know, I wouldn't trust me with a happily ever after, fluffy bunnies, or cute puppy dogs with those big, shiny, you-know-I-am-very-cute eyes. Nope. I wouldn't. Someone would die or be eaten or end up otherwise tragical.

However, I did manage not to kill anyone off, no one drowed in angsty tragedy and I did NOT fall dead on my desk. Unfortunately, I just don't think I've got the heart for happy. It doesn't sit well and I think that glossing was on the right track. So, I'm embracing the dark side of the Force.

"Luke, I am your father."

Sorry. Wrong dark side.

Now, today I plan to be all productive, unlike yesterday, and get loads and loads of work done, unlike yesterday. I've even postponed coffee for this goal. POSTPONED coffee. I just may fall out of my chair and die right now. But, I've set myself a goal. A shiny goal.

For the rest of you: Enjoying your day and trolling for recs, or not! I give you one of the bestest fics EVER! annakovsky wrote swmbo a valentine and it is mighty sublime. Grey's Anatomy, Bailey/George perfection. She's nailed the characters, the voices, the interactions. It's sweet, soft, sad and I am totally in love with this fic. So go on and read. Send the author mucho feedback!!

One Thing That Didn't Happen at Seattle Grace the Time Everyone Almost Blew Up
Author: annakovsky
Fandom: Grey's Anatomy
Raiting: PG
Spoilers: The End of the World



Enjoy your day, my dears!!

If your're one of the sad and lonely few who don't own Sims2 (unlike me and trajictale) or if you're just sick of the LJ and the boob tube, I offer you more fic recs. The first set are still The Best Fic of 2004.

The following will probably be culled and included in next year's list. These are all the results of the very awesome 2004 Yultide Challenge.

( Multi-fandom recs AHOY! )

ALSO!!!!

My car hasn't floated away yet but that really isn't saying much. In the meantime, someone please send a life raft. If the rain ever ends, I still need to get to the market for toilet paper. Thank you in advance.